Chernobyl 2019 - 2019

type: TVSeries

language: English

episodes: 5

genre: historical

theme: docudrama

director: Johan Renck

Score: 9 / 10

Chernobyl is a 2019 historical drama television miniseries that revolves around the Chernobyl disaster of 1986 and the cleanup efforts that followed. The series was created and written by Craig Mazin and directed by Johan Renck. It features an ensemble cast led by Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Emily Watson, and Paul Ritter. The series was produced by HBO in the United States and Sky UK in the United Kingdom.

Plot

Chernobyl dramatizes the story of the April 1986 nuclear plant disaster which occurred in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union, telling the stories of the people who were involved in the disaster and those who responded to it. The series depicts some of the lesser-known stories of the disaster, including the efforts of the firefighters who were the first responders on the scene, volunteers, and teams of miners who dug a critical tunnel under Reactor 4.

Awards

Cast

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author	Craig Mazin
award	British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Movie/Miniseries Supporting Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Period Series, Miniseries or a Movie Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Miniseries Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Special Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series or Movie Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or Movie Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Satellite Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film
contentLocation	Soviet Union
director	Johan Renck
events	Chernobyl disaster
genre	drama historical
keywords	first responders list of nobel laureates in literature nobel laureate nuclear plant disaster pripyat svetlana alexievich ukrainian soviet socialist republic voices from chernobyl
musicBy	Hildur Guðnadóttir
nomination	Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Movie/Miniseries
publisher	HBO Sky Atlantic
recordedAt	Lithuania Ukraine
theme	docudrama